get one's ducks in a row
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.72 in modern English
29
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
3
Syllables
14
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
Alternative form of have one's ducks in a row.
Example Sentences
- "It was only ten-thirty but he wanted the time, he wanted to circle before he settled; time, as Enderby would say, to get his ducks in a row."
- "And he says, ‘we'll call you back soon, real soon, so get your ducks in a row’ and that scares the shit out of the corporate muckity-mucks."
- "I'm to prepare for a formal review in two weeks. Reserve a conference room. Get all my ducks in a row. Update my résumé. That sort of thing."
- "He told her to say he wasn't in the office if the dean should call and ask for him. "I'd like to get all my ducks in a row before I talk to him. Okay?""
- "Owing to an apparent failure of Whitehall departments to get their ducks in a row, the planned unveiling of protocols on joint working was withdrawn from the speech at the last minute, leaving the minister nothing to announce."
- "Prince Charles's secretary tries to get Duchy tax ducks in a row [title]"